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The role of agriculture in economic development.pptx

The document discusses the vital role of agriculture in India's economy, highlighting its contribution to GDP, food security, and exports while noting that about 75% of the population relies on agricultural activities. It outlines major challenges such as inadequate transportation, access to quality seeds, and poor marketing systems, alongside government initiatives to improve agricultural productivity and support farmers. The conclusion stresses that while India moves towards industrialization, agriculture will remain crucial for a stable economy.

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The role of agriculture in economic development Done by, Prakhar gupta Rahmah Priyanshu sharma
Table of contents • Introduction • Agriculture in india • THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN ECONOMIC GROWTH • Milestone • MAJOR CHALLENGES FACING AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN INDIA
Introduction • About 75% people are living in rural areas and are still dependent on Agriculture. • About 43% of India’s geographical area is used for agricultural activity. • Agriculture continues to play a major role in Indian Economy. • Provides food to more than 1 billion people • Produces 51 major crops • Contributes to 1/6th of the Export Earnings
Agriculture in india • Total Geographical Area - 328 million hectares • Net Area sown - 142 million hectares • Gross Cropped Area – 190.8 million hectares • Net Irrigated Area – 56.9 million hectares
THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN ECONOMIC GROWTH • Agriculture plays a crucial role in the economy of developing countries, and provides the main source of food, income and employment to their rural populations. • agriculture accounts for 39.4% of the GDP and that 43% of all exports consist of agricultural goods
Milestone • Acquiring more land area for cultivation purpose • Expanding irrigation facilities • Use of improved and advanced variety of seeds • Water management • Protection activities
• Implementation of better tools and techniques as a result of research. • Production increased 50% from 1967 to 1971 in jus four years.
INDIA IN WORLD OF AGRICULTURE • Largest Producer of Milk, Cashew nuts, Coconuts, Tea, Ginger, Turmeric & Black Pepper. • Largest Cattle population-281 million • Second largest producer of Wheat, Rice, Sugar and Groundnut and Pulses.
• Third largest producer of Tobacco. • Third largest in implementation of Mechanization
strengths • Rich Bio Diversity- 46,000 plant species and 86,000 species of animals recorded. • Arable Land- 428 million acres cultivable land. • Climate- Favorable all year around (Unlike USA, Europe and China where farming is possible only 5 to 6 months a year).
MAJOR CHALLENGES FACING AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN INDIA 1.) Inadequate transport: • One of the main handicaps with Indian agriculture is the lack of cheap and efficient means of transportation. Even at present there are lakhs of villages which are not well connected with main roads or with market centres. • Most roads in the rural areas are Kutcha (bullock- cart roads) and become useless in the rainy season. Under these circumstances the farmers cannot carry their produce to the main market and are forced to sell it in the local market at low price.
2.) seeds • Seed is a critical and basic input for attaining higher crop yields Unfortunately, good quality seeds are out of reach of the majority of farmers, especially small and marginal farmers mainly because of exorbitant prices of better seeds • In order to solve this problem, the Government of India established the National Seeds Corporation (NSC) in 1963 and the State Farmers Corporation of India (SFCI) in 1969. Thirteen State Seed Corporations (SSCs) were also established to augment the supply of improved seeds to the farmers.
3.) Agriculture marketing • Agricultural marketing still continues to be in a bad shape in rural India the farmers have to depend upon local traders and middlemen for the disposal of their farm produce which is sold at very low price . • In most cases, these farmers are forced, under socio-economic conditions, to carry on distress sale of their produce. In most of small villages, the farmers sell their produce to the money lender from whom they usually borrow money.
SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE GOVERNMENT • Through the direct contribution of agricultural taxes to the central & state government is not significant, they get a significant part of their total revenue in terms of land revenue, irrigation charges, taxes imposed on the commodities purchased by the cultivators etc. central government also earns revenue from export duties.
Steps taken by government to improve Indian agriculture • Many new grammen and coooeratives bank were established by banking sector to provide loan facilities to farmer at low rate of interest. • Green revolution and white revolution operation flood were aimed at to increase the productivity. • Kissan credit card was introduced for purchasing of inputs required for agriculture like seeds, machines.
• To encourage the farmers to use modern methods of agriculture govt. • It provides various subsides rates for inputs like irrigation, power and, fertilizerd etc. • Another important input was the widespread use of radio and television for acquainting farmers in new and improved techniques of cultivation • The crop insurance was another step to protect the farmers against losses caused by crop failure
Our contribution in agriculture sector • We are planning to make a website that will help farmers to sell their crops and grains in very efficient price . • This will help farmers to get linked with customers in urban areas • There will be no merchants and traders between farmers and the customers .
CONCLUSION • On over all view, India has always been benefited by AGRICULTURE. • Though the future of India is industrialization, the contribution of agriculture would always prove to be vital for making India a powerful & stable economy in the future.
Reference • https://www.jstor.org/stable/1812786?seq=1#metadata_info_ tab_contents • http://www.ripublication.com/ijafst_spl/ijafstv4n4spl_11.pdf • https://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:jcmt&vo lume=7&issue=2&article=001